Maumee City Council took a series of procedural and substantive votes on Dec. 16, including emergency amendments to nonunion pay ordinances, landing-zone fees for helicopter landings in the city, temporary appropriations for early 2025 and appointments to city boards and commissions.

Key outcomes and votes at the Dec. 16 meeting:

- Agenda adoption as revised: motion passed (unanimous roll-call recorded as all voting members present voting "Yes").

- Approval of Dec. 2 meeting minutes: motion passed (unanimous roll-call recorded as all voting members present voting "Yes").

- Consent calendar (including a license agreement with MSA Associates LLC for 205 Conant/Broadway right-of-way encroachment and other items): motion to adopt consent calendar passed (roll-call: all present members voted "Yes"). The consent calendar item regarding the license agreement was described by the law director as allowing a minimal encroachment (about six inches) and to permit improved accessibility to allow a property closing.

- Ordinance 039-2024 (amending ordinance 044-2023: administrative support salaries and compensation; declared an emergency): council voted to suspend rules and declare an emergency and then approved the ordinance by roll call (recorded votes: majority yes; roll-call in transcript shows all voting members present voted "Yes"). The ordinance was described as implementing raises effective Jan. 1 to align payroll processing and bargaining timelines.

- Ordinance 040-2024 (amending ordinance 045-2023: management and supervisory salaries and compensation; declared an emergency): council voted to suspend the rules, declare an emergency and approve the ordinance (roll-call recorded as all voting members present "Yes").

- Ordinance 041-2024 (amending ordinance 046-2023: department directors' salaries and compensation; declared an emergency): council voted to suspend the rules, declare an emergency and approve the ordinance (roll-call recorded as all voting members present "Yes").

- Ordinance 042-2024 (adopting landing-zone fees for helicopter/medical landings and declaring an emergency): council voted to suspend rules, declare an emergency and approve the ordinance (roll-call recorded as all voting members present "Yes"). The law director and city staff explained fees are intended to encourage providers to use FAA-regulated landing pads and reduce neighborhood impacts when helicopters land in yards or on streets.

- Temporary general appropriations measure for the 2025 fiscal year: motion to approve temporary general appropriations measure (identified in packet as ordinance/unit 043-234 in the transcript) passed by roll call (all present voted "Yes"). This measure allows the city to pay bills until the full 2025 budget ordinance is adopted.

- Amendment to 2024 appropriations (ordinance number referenced in committee discussion): council voted to amend 2024 appropriation ordinances as outlined in committee; roll-call recorded members voting "Yes" as listed in the transcript.

- Council boards and commissions appointments for 2025 vacancies (11g): motion passed; Council member Fiscus abstained on this vote as previously announced. The remainder of council voted to approve the appointments.

No motions in the public record were recorded as failing or being tabled during the Dec. 16 meeting. Where the transcript did not specify a mover or seconder for some routine motions, the roll-call outcome recorded votes as presented in the meeting record.

The transcript records the roll-call votes in sequence and shows